Drought on the Iberian Peninsula

As May drew to a close, Spain and Portugal were entering the summer dry season already parched from a record-dry winter. Between November 2004 and March 2005, Spain experienced its driest winter since records began in 1943, reported the Spanish Meteorological Institute.

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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using data provided by Inbal Reshef as part of the Global Agricultural Monitoring Project between NASA, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), and the University of Maryland. More data and information about this joint project is available at Satellite Information for Agricultural Monitoring.

Published May 25, 2005
Data acquired April 7 - 22, 2005

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Terra > MODIS